Pump.



No. 803,048. PATENTED 00T. 31, 1905. G. I. 00X.

PUMP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY'Z, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFIQCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215,200.

To all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I. COX, a citizen of Canada, residing at Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to pumps, and more particularly to an automatic pumping appliance; and my invention consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, the preferred form whereof Will'be hereinafter clearly set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

The prime object of my invention, among others, is to provide a pumping appliance of the character specified which will be entirely automatic in its operationFthat is to say, the pump being designed to provide water for stock, as cattle, horses, and the like, will be operated by said animals during the act of drinking, all of which will be hereinafter clearly set forth, the construction being fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, and in which- Figure 1 shows a top plan view of my invention complete, the pump proper being shown in transverse section. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my pumping apparatus as taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 1 as taken on line 3 3.

For convenience of reference to the various details and coperating accessories of my invention numerals will be employed, the same numeral applying to a similar part throughout the several views.

My invention comprehends an attachment for an ordinary pump of the usual or any preferred construction whereby the handle of the pump will be reciprocated in the usual manner to operate the pump. With this purpose in view I erect around the pump a suitable framework, which is left movable, so that it can be pushed around the pump-stock by the breasts of the animals incident to the act of drinking out of a trough provided to receive the water from the pump.

Referring in detail to the numerals on the drawings, 1 designates the pump-stock, of the usual or any preferred construction, and to the upper end of the pump thus or otherwise constructed I secure the arm or bracket 2, having the depending branch 3, the lower end of which provides a bearing-seat for the shaft L1, the outer end of the shaft carrying a beveled gear-wheel 5, while the inner end of the shaft carries the wheel 6, as shown, or a simple crank extension may be secured to the inner end of the shaft 4, if preferred, the object of the crank or wheel, as the case may be, being to provide means to connect with the pitman 8, which latter is preferably made in two sections, as designated by the numeral 9, whereby the length or reach of the pitman may be readily adjusted, so that it may be properly connected to the pump-handle 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Designed to cooperate with the beveled gear 5 is the master beveled gear-wheel 11, which is horizontally disposed, as will be observed, and is supported upon the arms or brackets 12, the upper ends of which are properly bolted or otherwise secured to the lower side thereof, while the lower ends of the brackets merge into a collar 13, which tits loosely around the pump-stock, the said collar being provided with the carrying-Wheels 14, which are designed to rest upon some suitable su pport, as the plate 15, properly anchored in position, preferably at or near the surface of the ground. The master-wheel11 also carries the circular trough 16, as by means of the arms or brackets 17, said trough being provided with the conveying-chute or leadway 18, reaching into communication with the drinking-trough 19, which latter is also carried by the framework 20, connected to the master-wheel 11 at its inner end and supported at its outer end by the traction-wheel 21, and it therefore follows that the drinkingtrough may be freely moved in an annular path around the pump-stock, Which movement will be caused by the animals attempting to drink out of the trough 19-that is to say, when the animals reach into position to drink out of the trough 19 they Will naturally push against the edge of the trough, and the latter being easily moved upon the traction-wheel 21 will move away from the animal and the animal will follow the same, the result being that the master-Wheel 11 will be rotated, which will incidentally cause the rotation of the gear-wheel 5, and thereby rotate the shaft 11 and reciprocate the pumphandle, causing the water to be delivered through/the pump-spout 22 into the circular trough 16, from whence it Will pass downward through the chute 18 into the drinking-trough.

If desired, the animals may be prevented IOG IIO

from drinking from but one side of the trough 19, as by placing upon the opposite side of the framework 20 a plurality of friction-points 23 or the equivalent thereof, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be seen that I have provided reliably efficient means for utilizing the strength of the animals to pump their own drinkingwater, exacting toll from each animal for said purpose, and believing that the construction and manner of using my invention have thus been made clearly apparent further reference to the details thereof is deemed unnecessary.

It wi'll be seen that the various parts of my invention may be cheaply and readily manufactu red from any desired material and of any preferred size, and while I have described the preferred combination and construction of parts I desire to comprehend in this application all substantial substitutes and equivalents.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an automatic pump apparatus,the combination with a pump-stock, of a handle pivotally mounted at one end on said stock, an arm secured to the upper end of said pumpstock above the connection of said handle and having a depending portion beyond the outer end of said handle, a gear-wheel, a shaft therefor supported in the lower end of said depending portion, a wheel on the other end of said shaft, a pitman connected with said handle, an adjustable crank connection with said wheel, a master gear-wheel with which said gearwheel meshes, a collar loosely embracing the pump-stock and having outwardly and upward ly inclined arms secured to the under side of said master gear-wheel, wheels on said collar, a trough, brackets secured to the under side of master gear-wheel and supporting said trough, a leadway rigid with said trough, a drinking-trough, with which said leadway communicates, a framework mounted on the master gear-wheel and supporting said drinking-trough,and a traction-wheel on the outer end of said framework, the whole being arranged and operated, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an automatic pump apparatus,the combination with a pump-stock, of a handle pivotally mounted at one end on said stock, an arm secured to the upper'end of said pumpstock above the connection of said handle and having a depending portion beyond the outer end of said handle, a gear-wheel, a shaft therefor supported in the lower end of said dependl ing portion, a wheel on the other end of said shaft a pitman connected with said handle, an adjustable crank connection with said wheel, a master gear-wheel with which said gearwheel meshes, a collar loosely embracing the pump-stock and having outwardly and upwardly inclined arms secured to the under side of said master gear-Wheel, wheels on said collar, a trough, brackets secured to the under side of master gear-'wheel and supporting said trough, a leadway rigid with said trough, a drinking-trough, with which said leadway communicates, a framework mounted on the master gear-wheel and supporting said drinking-trough, and a traction-wheel on the outer end of said framework, and friction-points extending substantially horizontally from the rear side of said framework.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.l

GEORGE I. COX. Witnesses:

F. C. OASE, H. E. PENDLETON. 

